Elevator clothes drier



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ELEVATOR CLOTHES DRIER Filed July 20, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 31a/vento@ n (l. Elinke 1E /oa Y Cil Patented May 21, 1929.

UNITED STATES HERMAN C. BINKKEVLE, O1?v TIGARD, OREGON.

' -ELEvaTon CLOTHES ninna.

appiicatiom ined July 2o,

This invention relates to improvements in clothes drying apparatus. j

The primary object of this invention is the provision of an improved clothes drying ap? paratus similar to that set forth in my copending application, Serial No. 78,891, liled. January 2, 1926, but embodying an improved supporting and operating arrangement by means of which to provide Jfor the facile operation of a clothes carrier for a maximum vertical movement along a vertical supportg ing device without impedance by supporting brackets and other operating details.

A further object of this invention is the provision of an improved clothes drier emf bodying a slidable carriage mounted in a novel manner to a vertical stationary support.

A further object of this invention is they provision of novel means to automatically catch a movable clothes supporting carriage at the top of its movement with respect to a` stationary support.

Avfurther objectof this invention is the provision of an improved type of clothes drier adapted for support in a novel relation within a compartment provided within the hollow of a Wall construction, or in a casing compartment.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein similar reference characters designate corre-V sponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation, partly in section, showing the improved clothes drier supported in an elevated relation with respect to a stationary supporting railor member, and showing the cooperating details of the clothes drier.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1. showing the improved type of stationary vertical support and operating means for moving the' carriage therealong.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of a movable carriage of a clothes drier and its automatic catch or detent.

' Figure 4 is a top plan view of the im proved clothes drier.

Figures 5 and 6k are cross sectional views taken substantially on their respective lines in Figure 1 of they drawings. t

Figure 7 is a fragmentary rear elevation, partly in section, of the upper end of the 1926. serial No. 123,743.

'vertical support' lfor the clothes drier carriage.` Y

Figure 8 is a modified form of invention showing the relation in which the improved clothes drier may be collapsibly mount-edY within a hollow of a wall or withina wall y casing.

Figure 9 secti,on,gsliowing the clothes drier collapsed within the wall casing with the carriage in an elevated relation therein.

Figures 10 and 11 areyviews showingthe 'Lipper and lower vends of t-he casing in which the collapsible clothes drieris mounted, and showing the construction thereof for. effecting the mounting of the clothes drier, Figure- 11 being taken substantially on the line 11%11 of Figure 12.

Figure 12 is a front elevation of the lower portion of the wall casing. v

Figure v13 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View taken through al detail' of a closure used in connectionwith the wall casing.

yIn the drawings, wherein tor the purpose of illustration are shown preferred and modified embodiments of the invention, the letter A may generallyy designate the improved y clothes drier adapted to be mounted upon any type of wall or other support B and consisting principally yin the provision of a stationary supporting rail or member C and a carriage D niovably connected in a novel relation upon the face of the rail C. Inthe modified-form 'of invention E the supporting rail or member C is collapsibly mounted in a novel relation within a cabinet- G, or within the hollow of a wall F. n

The supporting rail or member Ck for the preferred embodiment A is stationary, but the sameis collapsiblvmounted in the` cabinet orwall type of clothes drier illustrated in Figures 8 to 13 inclusive. In both forms of the invention the rail C comprises a vertical elongated body 15 which may be oit wood or metal, and which inwardly ofthe front face thereof is provided with a central longitudinally extending groove 16 for a purpose Which will be subsequently de-` scribed. lAt the upper and lower ends Het' the body y15 at the terminals of thegroove 1G transverse openings 18 and 19 are respecf tively provided, wherein pulleys or grooved wheels 2O and 21Vrespectively are rotatably mounted upon suitable pins 22, so that the grooves of said wheels 2O and 21 align withk each other beyondy the rear surface 24 of the is a front elevation, partly in Y Vbody l5 and alsoalign with the groove 16 on the front face of the body 1:5 of the rail or supporting member C.

The rail body l5 at the rear longitudinal corners thereof is provided with elongated Vgrooves and 3l which outlet at the sidesA and on the rear surface of the body l5 and provide track surfaces adapted to receive rollers 33 and 3a respectively of the carriage construction B which will be subsequently mentioned, in order to guide movement of the shaped hooks-36 and 37, best illustrated in Figure t3 of the drawings, having screw threaded shanlrs embedded at 38 in the material of the body 35, and extending at right angles from the rear surface of the body v35, in

spaced slidable relation along opposite longitudinal sides of the supporting rail body l5, and at their rearmost ends having the inturned aligning spindle ends el() whereon the rollers v33 and 3st are respectively rotatably mounted for rolling in the guide grooves 30 and 31 above mentioned. This supports the upper end of the carriage body for sliding movement along the rail body l5, and adjacent its lower end the body 35 is provided with a stationary guide stem 45, which is placed at the longitudinal center of the body 35 and extends from. the rear surface thereof for sliding engagement in the vertical groove 16 of the supporting rail C, in the relation of parts illustrated in Figure l of the drawings.

At its upper end the carriage body 35 is provided with a clothes supporting arrangement K illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings, including the bracket -lS which is mounted upon the said upper end of the carriage 'D, said clothes supporting arrangement K being of the type described in detail in my cto-pending application, Serial No. 78,891, filed January 2, 1926. j

At itslower end and inwardly from the rear surface thereof the body 35 is provided with thumb tacks fl-9, or analogous elements,

' providing small heads which project rear wardly from the rear surface of the body 35 for sliding abutment against the front face of the supporting rail body 15 at opposite sides of the groove 16, so that the rear surface of the carriage body 35 cannot of itself slide against the front face of the body l5, and thus lessening the frictional resistance to sliding of the carriage upon the supporting rail C, as can readily be understood froinFigure 1 of the drawings.

As to the means for operatively moving the carriage D along the support C a cable is provided, which has one end 56 thereof secured substantially centrally in the carriage body 35 between the roller brackets thereof and the `guide pin 45; the cable 55 extending upwardly in the guide groove 16 of the body l5, and being' trained over theupper roller 20 and thence extending downwardly along the back surface of the supporting rail body the weight of the carirage D being sui'licient to lower the saine.

Releasable detent means is provided for automatically Vholding the carriage D in its uppermost position upon the support rail C when the same is elevatedto such position. This means includes detent levers and 6l pivotally supported upon pivot pins 62 at the opposite sides of the carriage body 35;the said pivot pins securing the detent levers intei-mediate their ends so that the rear ends thereof extend beyond the plane of the rear surface of the body 35 for cooperation with the laterally projecting ends of a pin 65 which is mounted upon the body l5 of the support C and extends laterally from the opposite side edges thereof in the relation of parts illustrated in Figures l and 5 of the drawings. These projecting ends of the detent levers 60 and 6l have the upper surfaces 6T thereof beveled for easy sliding of the said bevel edges over the projecting -ends of the pin 65 during the upward elevation of the carriage D, so that the detent levers G0 and 6l may be pivoted to permit their rear ends to lift above the retaining pin 65 ina manner which is perfectly obvious. rlhe forward ends of therev taining levers 60 and 6l at the opposite sides of the pivot axis thereof from the beveled edges 67 have the upper ends of divergent wires 70 and 7l connected therewith; the divergent wires 70 and 71 extending downwardly in a converging relation and being twisted together at 72 and extending downiwardly along the longitudinal center line of the carriage body 85. Of course the wires Y() and Tl may be of other material than wire and the same are preferably rigid, as is also the twisted portion 72 which terminates at its lower end in an eye 7.3. A screw eye 7d is preferably detachably connected in the lower end of the carriage body 35, and the twisted portion 72 extends downwardl 1 in a loose relation through the eye 7d, so that the eye 73 thereof is positoned at a location below the screw eye 74. An operating cable 75,

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' plane spaced froln the rear surface of theA Cil ` along the lfront ofthe support rail C, and at its lower end terminates in a finger engaging loop 78.

In the preferred form of invention A thev supporting rail C is mounted stationary upon the wall B. This is effectedby meansof upper and lower substantially L-shaped brackets 80 and 81, which have vleg portions 82 for overlying the upper and lower edges of the supporting rail C, the samebeing secured thereto by screws 83, and said brackets also` including right angled leg portions 85 ina supporting rail body 15 forattachment by .screws 86 to the wall B, so vthat the rear su rface of the supporting rail is spaced from the surface ofthe wall B to permit the unobstructed operation of the cable and they pulleys over which the same is trained. e

It is apparent that, for the form of inven tion A, the carriageD may slide substantially the entire length of the supporting rail' or member `C and especially at the upper end of the rail C there are no obstructing brackets or extensions to impede the uppermost elevations of the carriage D.` The carriage D, as is perfectly obvious, is elevated by means of the cable 55 to a desired position, although it ispractically always elevated to the eX- treme position at the-upper end Aof the' supporting rail body 15 where thesame is retained by the detents and 01. f

To limit the downward'movement of the carriage D upon the supporting rail C itis preferred to provide stop pins 86 and 87 at opposite sides upon the rail body 15, which receive the projecting ends ofthe vretaining pawls or detents 60 and 61 in engagement therewith to limit the lowered movement of the carriage as illustrated in dot and dash lines in Figure 1 ofthedrawings, so that the carriage isin positionto be loaded with clothes. This loading locationis atA a convenient height, and by means of the cable 55 the carriage may' then be elevated to the ceiling of the room in Whichthe clothes drier construction is placed.

The release of the .pawls or detents60 and 61 is perfectly obvious. Merely by pulling upon the cord v7 5 the rigid twisted portion 72 and the portions 7 0 and 71 of the Wire arrangement connected with the pawls are elevated, to swing the forwardly extending ends of the pawls or detents 60and 61 upwardlyy and pivot them vupon their pivot pins l62,

and this swings the rearwardly projecting ends of said detents out of the path of the pin extensions 65, so that the carriage may drop `as permitted by the operator. Of course,pins 90 are carriedby the carriage D,

at opposite sides thereof which limit the downward v movement of the forwardends of the detent levers A60 rand 61 to a horizontal position, .so that said forwardly yextending ends of Asaidplevers may only swing upwardly` torelease the carriage for avloweredr movement.

rReferring to the wall or cabinet type of supported clothes drier, itL is preferred to provide a cabinet or casing G consisting of` a rear wall 100, side walls 101 and 102; top

wall 103; and bottom wall 104, thus defining a compartment 105 in whichthe supporting rail C with its above described carriage' D 1s collapsibly and movably mounted.

As to the lower en d mounting of the sup-j porting rail C in the cabinet G, a substantially V-shaped supporting rod 107 isv provided, having the remote ends 108 thereof pivoted in the walls 101 andI 102 adjacent the rear wall 100. Theapex portion 109 o f the V-shaped rod 107 is pivoted inthe lower end of the supporting rail body 15, as illusf i trated Ain Figures 8 and 9 of the drawings, so

that upon rear swingingof the rod 107 the body 15 will be moved into the compartment 105 againstthe rear wall 101, but upon forward movement of the; rod orv supporting member .107 the supporting rail body 15 may beswung forwardly into the front of they compartment 105 as illustrated in the dotted lines in Figure 8 of the drawings.

'As to the upper end mountingof the sup-L porting bodyV 15, the same is preferably prof vided with a transverse rod 111 whichextends considerably beyond the sides of the` rail body 15, in fact, being greater in width than the compartment 105, so that the opposite ends thereof areslidably mounted in in-y clined grooves y112 .provided inwardly ofthe inner surfaces ofeach of the side Walls -101 and 102 of the cabinet G. It can thus bey readily understood that the upper ends of theL supporting rail construction C will be guided into `or from the compartment with the pivotal movement of the lower end thereof upon the supporting rod 107.

VThe operation of the supporting rail con# struction-C and carriage construction D for the form of invention E is exactly as above de scribed for the form of invention A.

A novel type of closure construction isprovided for the cabinet G which consists in the vprovision of a flexible cover 115, of sheet ymaterial, which at the opposite sides thereofr .slides within suitable grooves 116 provided inwardly of the side walls 101v and 102. The

closure; sheet 4,115, slides vertically and itl col-ey lapses into'inclined grooves 118 provided in the extension walls 119 below the bottom Wall lOCv 105 of the cabinet, as illustrated in Figure 8 of the drawings, so;that the closure 115, in

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or suita therefor.

Itis of course understood that the cabinet Gr may be placed upon the outer surface of a wall or the wall may be hollowed to accommodate the same in a built in7 relation.

e retaining latches maybe provided From the foregoing description of this in-` vention it is apparent that novel types of clothes driers have been provided which are efficiently constructed for facile operation and beingespecially compact for a desirable mounting in a room wherein space is a vital consideration; the improved clothes driers being provided for use in Van environment lsuch as set forth 1in my co-pending application above referred to.

Various changes 1n the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be made to the forms of invention herein shown and described,

without departing from the spirit of the same or the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. In a clothes drier construction the com'- bination of an elongated vertically disposed `su J ortin rail a slidable carriage having a vertical reciprocating movement on the rail,

a pawl lever pivoted between its ends on the carriage, retaining means on the supporting rail for engagement-by the pawl at an end thereof, retaining means on'the carriage to limit the movement of the pawl in a predetermined direction to permit said pawl to engage said lirst mentioned retaining means and hold the carriage at the upper end of its movement upon said supporting rail, a rigid member pivotally connected with the pawl and extending downwardly along the carriage, a screw eye on the carriage receiving end of saidrigid member remote from its pivot connection, a flexible cable connected with the lower end of said rigid member below the screw eye and extending upwardly through the screw'eye in athreaded relation and depending downwardly along said supporting rail, and means on the carriage for supporting clothes.

2. In a clothes drier construction a clothes supporting carriage having clothes supporting means thereon, levers pivoted at opposite sides of the clothes supporting carriage, a rigid wire pivoted on an end of each of the said levers at locations thereon spaced with respect to the pivots of said levers, said rigid wires converging downwardly and being `twisted in a rigid stem, and a screw eye The closure may be held closed bly frictional engagement in its grooves through which the lower end of the rigid stem extends.

8. In a clothes drier construction of the class described a cabinet `providing a compartment therein, a vertical supporting rail,

means pivotally mounting the lower end of.

the supporting rail in the compartmentv so that the supporting rail at its lower end may be swung back into the compartment or eX tended forwardly in the compartment, said cabinet in the upper end of the compartment having its opposite sides provided with downwardly inclined grooves, a rod carried by the upper end of the supporting rail slidably engaging in said grooves, a carriage,`means ably connecting the carriage on `the support# ing rail, a pawl lever pivoted between its ends on the carriage, a retaining member on the carriage forwardly of the pivot axis of the pawl lever to limit the downward swinging ofthe forward end of the pawllever, but permitting upper swinging of the forward end of the pawl lever, said pawl lever having a rearwardly extending pawl end, means on the support which the said rear end of the pa-wl lever may engage to support the carriage in a predetermined position on the support when the pawl lever at its forward end engages the retaining means on the carriage, and means carried by the carriage and operatively connected with the forward end of the pawl lever lfor elevating the said forward end of the pawl lever to release the rear end of the pawl lever' from the means on the support which it engages and permit a downward sliding movement ofthe carriage on the support.

5. In a clothes drier al vertical support, a carriage, spaced bracket arms carried by the carriage between the ends of the latter have ing slidable guided connection upon said support, said support having a vertical guide groove in the front face thereof, a. pin carried by the carriage operabley in said guide grooveata location below said bracket arms, bearings on the carriage below said pin in sliding engagement with the front of said support to space the carriage from the support and to relieve the pin from resting engagement with the support while in said groove, and clothes supporting means on the carriage.

6. In a clothes drier constructionl the combination of a supporting member, a carriage, means slidably mounting the carriage upon between its ends on the carriage, saidpawl lever having the rear upper edge thereof provided with a sloping Cam surface, retaining means on the support which-the cam surface may engage upon elevation of the carriage to swing the lever downwardly at its rear end and permit the pawl lever to ride past saidl retaining means, and means Cooperating at the opposite end of the pawl lever at the opposite side of the pivot thereof from the reretaining means of the support to limit the downward movement of the pawl lever at its forward end, sofas to permit the .rear end of the pawl lever to catch on the retaining means and liold the carriage supported in an elevated relation upon said supporting member.

HERMAN o. BINKELE. l 

